Graham Glassford has been involved in sports administration since 1993 — from event management and coaching to development roles.  Originating in Melbourne, Graham grew up playing the traditional sports of Aussie Rules Football, Cricket and Athletics. During the Melbourne winter months, alongside playing ‘footy’, he also umpired a couple of games a weekend running a boundary in seniors and field umpiring juniors.  Athletics is the sport that Graham excelled at after specialising in the sport in his late teens. In 1996, Graham obtained a ‘B’ Qualifying Standard over 1500m for the Olympic Games in Atlanta and has a personal best of 3minutes 40.20seconds.  After retiring from sport, he committed to working in sport having had roles with Skiing Australia, Sydney Olympic Games Organising Committee, 2002 Sydney Gay Games and State Sports Centre (Sydney).